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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2012

Alternative excision repair of ultraviolet B- and C-induced DNA damage in dormant and developing spores of Bacillus subtilis.

Fernando H Ramírez-Guadiana, Marcelo Barraza-Salas, Norma Ramírez-Ramírez, Mayte Ortiz-Cortés, Peter Setlow, Mario Pedraza-Reyes

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Fernando H Ramírez-GuadianaDepartment of Biology, Division of Natural and Exact Sciences, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Marcelo Barraza-Salas
Norma Ramírez-Ramírez
Mayte Ortiz-Cortés
Peter Setlow
Mario Pedraza-Reyes
Universidad de Guanajuato · MXUConn Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nucleotide excision repair (NER) and spore photoproduct lyase DNA repair pathways are major determinants of Bacillus subtilis spore resistance to UV radiation. We report here that a putative ultraviolet (UV) damage endonuclease encoded by ywjD confers protection to developing and dormant spores of B. subtilis against UV DNA damage. In agreement with its predicted function, a His(6)-YwjD recombinant protein catalyzed the specific incision of UV-irradiated DNA in vitro. The maximum expression of a reporter gene fusion to the ywjD opening reading frame occurred late in sporulation, and this maximal expression was dependent on the forespore-specific RNA polymerase sigma factor, σ(G). Although the absence of YwjD and/or UvrA, an essential protein of the NER pathway, sensitized developing spores to UV-C, this effect was lower when these cells were treated with UV-B. In contrast, UV-B but not UV-C radiation dramatically decreased the survival of dormant spores deficient in both YwjD and UvrA. The distinct range of lesions generated by UV-C and UV-B and the different DNA photochemistry in developing and dormant spores may cause these differences. We postulate that in addition to the UvrABC repair system, developing and dormant spores of B. subtilis also rely on an alternative excision repair pathway involving YwjD to deal with the deleterious effects of various UV photoproducts.

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AnimalsBacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialDNA DamageDNA RepairEscherichia coliGene Expression Regulation, BacterialReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSpores, BacterialUltraviolet RaysBacterial ProteinsDNA, Bacterial

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PMID22961846
PMCPMC3486385
OpenAlexW2033951885

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